opatchauto failed with error /u01/app/oraInventory/ContentsXML/oui-patch.xml (Permission denied)

Hi,

While applying Jan 2022 RU patches on Oracle GI & DB 19.13.0.0 database, "opatchauto" got failed with below errors. Pasting here entire log for study and reference purpose.

[root@node2 ~]# opatchauto apply /backupstore/Jan2022_CPU_Patches/33567274/33509923

OPatchauto session is initiated at Fri Apr 22 18:01:58 2022

System initialization log file is /u01/app/19.0.0/grid/cfgtoollogs/opatchautodb/systemconfig2022-04-22_06-02-02PM.log.

Session log file is /u01/app/19.0.0/grid/cfgtoollogs/opatchauto/opatchauto2022-04-22_06-02-25PM.log

The id for this session is ND4W

Executing OPatch prereq operations to verify patch applicability on home /u01/app/19.0.0/grid

Executing OPatch prereq operations to verify patch applicability on home /u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1

Patch applicability verified successfully on home /u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1

Patch applicability verified successfully on home /u01/app/19.0.0/grid

Executing patch validation checks on home /u01/app/19.0.0/grid

Patch validation checks successfully completed on home /u01/app/19.0.0/grid

Executing patch validation checks on home /u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1

Patch validation checks successfully completed on home /u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1

Verifying SQL patch applicability on home /u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1

SQL patch applicability verified successfully on home /u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1

Preparing to bring down database service on home /u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1

Successfully prepared home /u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1 to bring down database service

Performing prepatch operations on CRS - bringing down CRS service on home /u01/app/19.0.0/grid

Prepatch operation log file location: /u01/app/grid/crsdata/node2/crsconfig/crs_prepatch_apply_inplace_node2_2022-04-22_06-04-09PM.log

CRS service brought down successfully on home /u01/app/19.0.0/grid

Performing prepatch operation on home /u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1

Perpatch operation completed successfully on home /u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1

Start applying binary patch on home /u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1

Binary patch applied successfully on home /u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1

Performing postpatch operation on home /u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1

Postpatch operation completed successfully on home /u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1

Start applying binary patch on home /u01/app/19.0.0/grid

Failed while applying binary patches on home /u01/app/19.0.0/grid

Execution of [OPatchAutoBinaryAction] patch action failed, check log for more details. Failures:

Patch Target : node2->/u01/app/19.0.0/grid Type[crs]

Details: [

---------------------------Patching Failed---------------------------------

Command execution failed during patching in home: /u01/app/19.0.0/grid, host: node2.

Command failed:  /u01/app/19.0.0/grid/OPatch/opatchauto  apply /backupstore/Jan2022_CPU_Patches/33567274/33509923 -oh /u01/app/19.0.0/grid -target_type cluster -binary -invPtrLoc /u01/app/19.0.0/grid/oraInst.loc -jre /u01/app/19.0.0/grid/OPatch/jre -persistresult /u01/app/19.0.0/grid/opatchautocfg/db/sessioninfo/sessionresult_node2_crs_1.ser -analyzedresult /u01/app/19.0.0/grid/opatchautocfg/db/sessioninfo/sessionresult_analyze_node2_crs_1.ser

Command failure output:

==Following patches FAILED in apply:

Patch: /backupstore/Jan2022_CPU_Patches/33567274/33509923/33515361

Log: /u01/app/19.0.0/grid/cfgtoollogs/opatchauto/core/opatch/opatch2022-04-22_18-14-08PM_1.log

Reason: Failed during Patching: oracle.opatch.opatchsdk.OPatchException: ApplySession failed in system modification phase... 'ApplySession::apply failed: java.io.IOException: oracle.sysman.oui.patch.PatchException: java.io.FileNotFoundException: /u01/app/oraInventory/ContentsXML/oui-patch.xml (Permission denied)'

After fixing the cause of failure Run opatchauto resume

]

OPATCHAUTO-68061: The orchestration engine failed.

OPATCHAUTO-68061: The orchestration engine failed with return code 1

OPATCHAUTO-68061: Check the log for more details.

OPatchAuto failed.

OPatchauto session completed at Fri Apr 22 18:18:58 2022

Time taken to complete the session 17 minutes, 1 second

 opatchauto failed with error code 42

 

 

[root@node2 ~]# ll /u01/app/oraInventory/ContentsXML/oui-patch.xml

-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall 174 Apr 22 18:13 /u01/app/oraInventory/ContentsXML/oui-patch.xml

[root@node2 ~]#

[root@node2 ~]#

Solution :  According to MOS Doc ID 2582139.1, During 19.x Grid Infrastructure (GI) installation, the file 'oui-patch.xml' will be created under the central inventory directory on the OUI node (node where gridSetup.sh was invoked) but NOT on the remote nodes.

Hence need to copy oui-patch.xml file from Node1 to Node2 [remote nodes] and resume the patching.

[root@node1 ~]# scp /u01/app/oraInventory/ContentsXML/oui-patch.xml grid@node2: /u01/app/oraInventory/ContentsXML

[root@node2 ~]# ll /u01/app/oraInventory/ContentsXML/oui-patch.xml

-rw-rw---- 1 grid oinstall 174 Apr 22 18:13 /u01/app/oraInventory/ContentsXML/oui-patch.xml

[root@node2 ~]# opatchauto resume

........

OPatchAuto successful.

Cheers !